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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2009
Leland Chang, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Gary S. Ditlow, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Brian L. Ji, Chappaqua, NY (US);
Robert K. Montoye, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Leland Chang, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Gary S. Ditlow, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Brian L. Ji, Chappaqua, NY (US);
Robert K. Montoye, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A memory device for performing logical operations on two or more input variables includes a match line and first and second memory cells. The first and second memory cells collectively include a first, second, third and fourth memory element. The first, second, third and fourth memory elements may have either a first value or a second value programmed therein and wherein the first, second, third and fourth memory elements are programmed to either the high or low resistive values based on a particular logic function to be performed.